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”Some risk factors during adolescence and adulthood have also been described, such as having an occupation as a fire-fighter, working with aircraft maintenance
by eurasiantiger 3y ago
”Some risk factors during adolescence and adulthood have also been described, such as having an occupation as a fire-fighter, working with aircraft maintenance and marijuana smoking”
Firefighters and aircraft mechanics get exposed to high levels of PFAS, but what is the devil’s lettuce doing here?
- uejfiweun 3y agoLooked into it and they cite this study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2755855 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle... Which explicitly states that the link is unclear. So it seems to me like they're really grasping at straws here.
- throwaway22032 3y agoI mean, it's literally smoking? Inhaling burnt matter.
- beezlewax 3y agoBurning anything releases carcinogens as far as I'm aware.
- eurasiantiger 3y agoLast I saw epidemiological data, cannabis smokers had a slightly lower odds ratio for lung cancer (<1.0) than non-anything-smokers (=1.0), while tobacco smokers had an OR in the high single digits (>8.0)